Realm of the forgotten

Chapter 12

Akara POV:

I need to escape this realm before the ritual takes place, but how was another difficult matter on its own. I’m laying in bed trying to figure out how to escape from this realm. Maybe for now I need to get away from this place before trying to get back to earth. The only problem was how to get out of this place if there were so many people around. I walked over to the bathroom to go have a nice relaxing bath while coming up with a full proof plan to escape from these crazy people. Mates or not, I will be leaving here. I sat in the bath for quite a while with my thought running haywire, that I didn’t notice there was a knock on my door. The person knocked again but louder this time that it took me out of my daydream state.

“I’ll be there in a minute” I called out to whoever was at the door.

Quickly jumping out of the bath and getting dressed I opened the door to find Eric standing there. Shock was evident on my face as well as fear. My hands automatically went clammy at the sight of him.

“ Come down for breakfast” he said with no emotion in his voice whatsoever. I studied him for a second and his face etched with worry. It puzzled me what worried him so much? After he said that he walked away most probably going to the dining hall. I closed my bedroom door and began walking to the dining hall terrified of sitting next to him. As I made my way I could hear people talking as soon as I came through the door everyone went silent and stared at me even Eric looked at me with no emotion on his face. I walked towards where he was sitting as I knew if I sit anywhere else it would cause problems.

Taking my seat beside him my anxiety grew more and my fear of him became evident. I felt very uncomfortable next to him as I didn’t know what to expect when I was with him.

“Morning Akara” both his Mother and Father greeted me.

“Morning” I greeted them as well. I didn’t greet Eric as I was angry at him what he said to me but more so I was scared of him.

“Morning my love” he said to me. Hearing those words cause me to looked at him in shocked. There was emotion in those words which caught me off guard.

“Morning Eric” I stammered. Not sure how to speak to him anymore and hoping he wouldn’t engage in any conversation with me as I would just like to eat and quickly leave from the dining room. All three of them engaged in conversations while I just remained silent waiting for this to be over. In a few days the ritual will take place and I still don’t have any plans to escape.

Suddenly Eric took hold of my hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. I pulled my hand so fast away that to my shock he was surprised by my action. “Why did you pull away, Akara?” He asked concern etched on his face.

“Sorry I fought it was a spider on my hand” I said to him nonchalant. It was a lie but clearly his stupid enough not to know why. Plus if he knew I was scared of him he might take advantage of that which I was not going to give him.

He took my hand again. I could feel how cold he was but strangely it didn’t bother me. I felt a tingling sensation as our hands touched and I knew it was because of what they said about me and him being mates. For some reason I didn’t want to let go of his hand. But I knew if I didn’t the mate bond would get to me. I rose from my seat and excused my self. I went to walk through the graden to see how many guards were on ground. My mind started to form a plan but it needed to know how many guards is in this palace. When I walked around and saw from a distance the walls my heart dropped, the whole perimeter was shattered by guards. My plan was not going to work, it would be impossible to escape from here. As my mood dropped so did I as a striking pain in my back caused me to fall to the ground. The pain was so intense that I could barely see or hear anyone. I notice a figure beside me as I screamed of the agony I was in. I never felt this much pain in my life. The figure next to me tried asking me something but I couldn't hear due to the amount of pain coursing through my body. Next moment I passed out.

-few hours later-

I woke up in my room bewildered how I got here then everything came back to me. The pain in my back. I looked around my room to find Eric and his Mother next to my bed.

“You’re awake dear!” His mother exclaimed with relief.

“Thank goodness you’re awake, I was so worried when I heard you screaming I rushed to see what was going on. But when I came outside you were lying on the floor screaming as if you were wounded. I tried checking for any wounds but I couldn’t even touch you, your body became so hot that even attempting to touch you would cause harm. Shortly after you passed out and only then I could carry you to your room.” He explained concern in his voice.

“What happened Akara?” He asked trying to get some explanation from me. As I listened to him I heard a voice. It sound like a woman calling me. Trying not to show them that I was hearing voices, I listened carefully and finally the voice spoke to me “It’s almost time, be ready”.

I was confused by everything. What was happening to me? And what did the voice mean by to be ready and that its almost time? For what?